countersign(名词/动词)
1)(名词)口令;暗号:用于识别身份(常见于军队、警卫、间谍等情境)的密码词或信号。
2)(动词)副署;连署:在他人签署后再签名以确认或使其生效(较正式)。
/ˈkaʊntərsaɪn/
The guard asked for the countersign.
警卫要求说出口令。
Before entering the restricted area, each officer had to give the correct countersign, and the document also had to be countersigned by a supervisor.
进入禁区前,每位军官都必须说出正确的暗号,而且文件还需要主管副署确认。
由 **counter-**(“相对的、对向的;再次、补充的”)+ sign(“标记、信号、签名”)构成,原意接近“对上的信号/对照的标记”,后来常用于指“用来核对身份的口令”,并发展出“在原签名之外再签名以确认”的法律/行政用法。